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book: Alla Prima: Everything I Know About Painting | Richard Schmid

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	• Alla Prima: Everything I Know About Painting Richard Schmid Stove Prairie Press, 1999 - 193 pages average customer review:based on 33 reviews view larger image
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Great Artist, Not a Great Writer

Let's be real. Richard Schmid is a tremendous painter. He's one of my favorite contemporary painters, in fact. He, however, is NOT a tremendous writer. When I read "Everything I Know about Painting" I expect just that. I was hoping for a lot of meat and potatoes and a lot less table ornamentation. Schmid's writing style was very similar to that in Carlson's Guide to Landscape Painting book. If you find that book hard to read, you will also find this book hard to read. Like Carlson's book, there are some great nuggets of information here, but the author leaves separating the wheat from the chaff to the reader. The book can be purchased directly from Richard Schmid's web site for a WHOLE lot less than here.

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The only book you need in painting.

Everything I know about painting? Well, not exactly, not everything. Don't expect to learn everything. Many reviewer on this book maybe expected too much. This is not a step by step painting book. This book does not show you the magical short cut to become a better painter either. But this is the best and only book you'll ever need in painting. I've never seen any book or any artist that explains better in terms of Edges, Values and Colors. The most important 3 ingredients of painting. His teachings on these 3 ingredients are so easy to understand and if you apply them to your work.... you're much better artist/painter already. Invaluable information on chapter 4, 5 and 6. This book will change the everything you know about painting.... well... not exactly.

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